The Pantry Restaurant ★ 4.2
Open since 1948 on Cerrillos Road, The Pantry plates carne adovada combo plates and chicken-fried steak under $18 in a no-frills diner room.
Try: Diner combo with carne adovada
El Chile Toreado is a budget eat in Cerrillos, Santa Fe.
El Chile Toreado runs an under-$12 breakfast burrito out of an Early Street trailer; the green chile delivers heat and the kitchen turns lines fast.
Address: 807 Early Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Open since 1948 on Cerrillos Road, The Pantry plates carne adovada combo plates and chicken-fried steak under $18 in a no-frills diner room.
Try: Diner combo with carne adovada
Bumble Bee's plates counter-service Baja-style tacos and burritos near the Plaza on Jefferson Street; under $15 fills you, salsa bar is included.
Try: Mahi mahi fish taco
Santa Fe Bite, employee-owned heir to the iconic Bobcat Bite chile-burger lineage; the 10-oz patty under $18 pulls St. Michael's Drive crowds Tue through Sun.
Try: Green chile cheeseburger
Palacio Cafe sits a half block from the Plaza and runs breakfast burritos and Boar's Head deli sandwiches under $15 from 07:30 daily, closed Tuesday.
Try: Boar's Head Reuben or breakfast burrito
Tune-Up plates pupusas, breakfast burritos and tres-leches cake under $15 in a Hickox Street adobe near the Capitol; the line is regulars, not tourists.
Try: Pupusas plate
Open since 1948 on Cerrillos Road, The Pantry plates carne adovada combo plates and chicken-fried steak under $18 in a no-frills diner room.
Try: Diner combo with carne adovada
Bang Bite's Galisteo Street truck plates the Bite Burger and a green chile cheeseburger under $18; on Food Network's 2019 Best 26 Food Trucks list.
Try: Bite Burger (winner, 2015 Green Chile Cheese Burger Smackdown)